Insulated rail-joint.



J. C. JONES.'

INSULATBD RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAE. 27. 1908.

9 1 9, 877 f Patented Apr. 27, 909.

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INSULATED RAIL JOINT.

ABPLIUATION rILBD MART/.1903.

Patented M1127, 1909.

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Be :.it .knownA that: I, Josiane C;=.l UoNEs,il citizen.` efr; the:x United'. States', 1.- lresidingga WilkesQBarre, inftheouty of. Luzerne ani State of Pennsylvania;v :haven invented.- neu anduseful- Improvem'e "ts-.inln'sulated Rail I oints, of which the fo ltliwingis'a speciea. tion;. v f 'f" f l vthe obJect of:tlie'invention-istto provide means gfor reventing theends oi'rails de;

, v I i'ovi'ded wit'ha'nf nsnlatled' tlnlrnblevi(Wintrposed between the e 'etaiiiing'elemenl 8' and 1 the opei'iing within' 't 'lliefoutersplicehan?toinpiisesii'face poron-"i'l, adapte-dto be positioned iny the under I' face of the head and upon the base (tango 5 of the' rail seetions. This face-.portiontll is -g vprovided with a foot portion l2, adapted to voverlie the base 5 of the rails, upon the lsides -'of the rails oir-which the splice har 7 is posi-l lleetingfun ulyfunder thenweightof a-traintioned; The splicehar 7 is also provided :the-.splice bars, nifherebyftherails-arg etfeetwith, tliesefi'i'nkl1 other olijeets; in view the invention residesiitthd ngiielieonstruction of elen'mnts and their@` arrangeintlnit1in o )era-tive a sideelevatidn of t io'njieetin'g ends of a pair ol' rails, sho ing my improvement in position `thereon. lg. 2,.is{a .top pliinview ofthe saine. upon theiline 3---.'l5 Toti-Eig. l. Fig. 4 is a similar set-tion n Aion the line 4-4 -f i'l`l `ig. '1, and looking in llie direqtiong-/oi'ltlie;.arro\s's. ftlg'e removable trend. Fig. is a similar view of the outer splice har.

l`n the accompanying drawings, the numerals l and 2 designate the meeting ends of a contiguous pair of rails. 'lhe rails l and 2 nre of the ordinary construction, having heads It, u'ehs 4 and has@ (langes 5.

ln the contemplated forni of my improved insulated joint l einlloyan-inner'splice har 6 and an outer splire )ar 7. 'lhe inner' splice bar is of the usual eonstrnrtion ol' that ty ie employed for being positioned adjaventtlie wel) of the rails between the heads and hase [langes thereof. 'lhe splice hai' (i is provided with the usual openings adapted for theI re--i loi-ation adapte eeption ol the retaining elements 8, byu'hieh the ends of the rails are connected together.

vIn the present instance l employ a iher sheet 9, of suitable non-conducting material,

which is interposed4 between the rail 1 and the splice bar 7. 'lhe `tread 19 is ada ted to the splic(l har 'lhe openings provided )ed and l"iff. 3 'is a'. vertical transverse see-tionggwith an outwardly extending horizontal por- {Vt-10u13, havlng'a vertical (hinge or extension providedwith "a series ofopenings alining with the-'openings invthe bar 6 and the o en` g' ings' inv the 'web of the rail section.= 1` ese lopenings l5 are provided with "insulated i thirnbles 16, adapted for the reception of the ,elements from the s lice bar 7.' The splice Jbar 7'is` rovided wit i a series of walls-17, tietween -t e upper horizontal portion 13 and t velybraced end supported uponthefsplice ar.Vv v

'ends of the rails 1v and 2 and continued along 7 is a sheet of fiber 18, constructed o' suitable l eonneetion with-the rails and t eonneeted with the rails, itv will be seen that I have provided-an effective means for insulating the rails l and 2, as well as the splice liars and the retaining.: elements connected therewith, lfrom each other.

. Within'the channel formed Ybetween the liber I8 u ion one side ol' the head of the rail 1 and the side of the head of the rail 2 and. the

extending the entire length of the .bar 7. "l'his tread 19 is )rovided upon one e1 i ts ends with alip 2U, adapted, to engage beii'eath the horizontal portion I3 ol' the bar 7, while its opposite end is irovidd with a' suitable per- (ll to aline with a similar openi ing provided upon the body 13. These open-v ingsare adapted t'oi' the reception of aretaniretaining elements 8andfor insulating the,

-Interpo-sedl between the adjacent -meeting i therail 1 between the rail and the s lice bar .the foot 7, whereby the portion 13' is effectnon-electric.conducting material. the v arrangement of the insulatinfy material 'in l xlie spl-ice bals horizontal portion 13 aiid flange 14 of the split-.e bar 7 is positioned a tread member 19,

ingr element 21, by which the tread is eifectl ivelyseeured upon the horizont-al portion of have its upper face in alinement with t e face 70 14. The -face portion 11 ofthe splice bar 7is shown and described as being provided with of the headsof the rails, whereby the treads or faces 22-of the car wheels are adapted to ride above the meeting ends of the rails, and thereby entirely overcojine the detlectin of the rails at their point; of meeting. lie tread 19 has its ends gracefully sloping toward its face, so that fthe wheels 22 of the cars `will meet with no abrupt obstruction.

lfrom the above description it will be seen that l have )rovided a simple, coinparativel cheap and t oroughly efiicient insulatedrail joint, one wherein sim le means are rovided for preventing unV ue deflection o the meeting ends of rails as a car passes from one rail to the succeeding rail, and one in which the tread of the splice bar is readil remov able when worn or broken, andw iercby a new tread may be easily and quickly applied to the splice liar.

While the tread member 19 has been a lip by which it is at one end positioned upon the member 7, it is to be understood that this li may be dispensed with and the tread attac ied to the member 7 by suitable retaining` elements upon both of its ends.

Havin7 thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with the meeting ends of a pair of rails, of an inner splice bar having a facing of insulated material, and an outer splice bar also having a facing ofinsulated material, the outer splice bar being provided with anjoutwardly extending'flange having its edge provided with a vertically projectinor offset, the body of the flange being provided near one of its ends with an opening, and a tread member having a hooked lip adapted to engage Aone end of the flange and being provi e at its opposite end with retaining means whereby the saine is secured upon the flange between the rails and the vertically projecting offset of the splice bar.

n 2. 'lhe combination with the meeting end of an insulated rail joint, an inner and an 'provi ed with a finger a( outer splice barufor the rail joints, the outer splice bai' bein provided with an voutwardly extending hea portion having its edge provided with an upwardly extending flange, the head being provided with a series of downwardlyr projectin tions,.the side of the Sp ice ar between the partitions' being provided with openings alining with openings provided in the rail webs and the' opposite spliceba'r, insulated thimbles in these openings, connecting elements for the members, and a tread member having a lip adapted to engage the horizontal ofl'set of the. outer s lice bar and to rest between thc vertical ange and tlieinsulated rails and to be removably connected with the splice bar at its opposite end.

3. The combination with the'meeting ends of a pair of rails, of an inner splice bar having a facing of' insulated material and an outer j splice bar also having a facing' of insulated su porting partimaterial, the insulated material extending v along the face oi' the top of the i'ail'adjacent the splice bar, the splice bar having a 'face portion engaging the webs of the rails and the head and the base flange of the rails, a horizontal portion upon the splice bai' having avertical flange, walls or ribs between the under side of the horizontal portion and the foot of thc flange, the horizontal portion being rovided with an o eni'ng, and a tread i)apted for engaging one end of the horizontal portion and having its opposite end provided with a suitable opening aliningwith the. opening in the horizontal portion of the flange and adapted for a retaining element, and the body4 of the tread adapted to extend above the heads ol' the rails.

In testimony whereof I aii'x my signature in presence of two witnesses. l JOSHUA C. JONES.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. MILLER, WM. P. HiLBEa'i. 

